Early Life, Family and Training Emil Bott was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, though the exact timing of his arrival into the world remains a matter of some debate. Records suggest his birth occurred on July 24, 1824, 1825, or 1827. He was the son of Ludwig Christian Bott and Juliane Elisabethe Delporte, growing up in a household that would eventually see him move across the ocean to seek a new life in America. His formal educati…